European 'Chopper-Choppingtool' (CCC) Tradition / r)cntrcptb

The Jabeekian uses an array of complex percussion techniques, including bipolar anvil (contracoup), buffer (a technique of breaking tabular material), and double buffer (sprung-buffer) to produce a dazzling variety of ‘tool’ types. Illustration of two methods of buffer technique, a special form of contracoup technique, to work tabular stone material.

Illustration © Archaeologische Berichten. Wouters, A., Franssen, C. and Kessels, A. (1981). Typologie van de artefacten van de Chopper Choppingtool Complexen. Archaeologische Berichten 10:19-117. Elst, NL. Fig. 2.